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Where does “essa” come from?

essa (Neapolitan) comes from Latin ipsa, from Latin ipse, from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso.

essa (Neapolitan): she; her

Definitions

  1. she; her

Ancestry of “essa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinipsanominative feminine singular of ipse; nominative...
2Latinipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;...
3Proto-Italic*e(s)peso—
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